| Top 40 Hits of October 1976 |
| 1 |
Pussycat | Mississippi |
| 2 |
Abba | Dancing Queen |
| 3 |
Demis Roussos | When Forever Has Gone |
| 4 |
Rod Stewart | Sailing |
| 5 |
Chicago | If You Leave Me Now |
| 6 |
Sherbet | Howzat |
| 7 |
Manhattans | Hurt |
| 8 |
Real Thing | Can't Get By Without You |
| 9 |
Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots | Disco Duck |
| 10 |
Tavares | Don't Take Away The Music |
| 11 |
Simon May | Summer Of My Life |
| 12 |
Elvis Presley | Girl Of My Best Friend |
| 13 |
Tina Charles | Dance Little Lady Dance |
| 14 |
Smokie | I'll Meet You At Midnight |
| 15 |
Ritchie Family | The Best Disco In Town |
| 16 |
Bay City Rollers | I Only Wanna Be With You |
| 17 |
Paul Nicholas | Dancing With The Captain |
| 18 |
Wurzels | I Am A Cider Drinker |
| 19 |
Wild Cherry | Play That Funky Music |
| 20 |
Detroit Spinners | The Rubberband Man |
| 21 |
Kiki Dee | Loving And Free |
| 22 |
Climax Blues Band | Couldn't Get It Right |
| 23 |
Acker Bilk | Aria |
| 24 |
Manfred Mann's Earth Band | Blinded By The Light |
| 25 |
Lalo Schiffrin | Jaws |
| 26 |
JALN Band | Disco Music (I Like It) |
| 27 |
Joan Armatrading | Love And Affection |
| 28 |
England Dan & John Ford Coley | I'd Really Love To See You Tonight |
| 29 |
Average White Band | Queen Of My Soul |
| 30 |
Rod Stewart | The Killing Of Georgie |
| 31 |
Randy Edelman | Uptown, Uptempo Woman |
| 32 |
Can | I Want More |
| 33 |
David Essex | Coming Home |
| 34 |
Nilsson | Without You |
| 35 |
James Brown | Get Up Offa That Thing |
| 36 |
Leo Sayer | You Make Me Feel Like Dancing |
| 37 |
Who | Substitute |
| 38 |
Hot Blood | Soul Dracula |
| 39 |
Twiggy | Here I Go Again |
| 40 |
Georghe Zamfir | (Light Of Experience) Doina De Jale |
